Naked protesters, Greta Thunberg and winter fishing: the weekend’s best photos
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world
Main image: Fishermen in Bosten Lake in Bayingolin Mongol autonomous prefecture, China. Photograph: VCG/Getty ImagesSun 15 Jan 2023 13.39 GMT Last modified on Mon 16 Jan 2023 07.04 GMT
Whittlesey, UK
Old Glory Molly Morris dancers pose during the annual Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival parade in Cambridgeshire. The traditional event, which was revived in 1980, features a straw bear and its children being led through the streets of the village of Whittlesey followed by Morris dancersPhotograph: Neil Hall/EPA
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterOahu, US
Surfer Matahi Drollet rides a wave during the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout (in memory of Duke Kahanamoku) on the north shore in HawaiiPhotograph: Brian Bielmann/AFP/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterMadurai, India
Men tackle a bull as they participate in the annual bull-taming sport of Jallikattu played to celebrate the harvest festival of PongalPhotograph: Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterDrazice, Croatia
People in costumes take part in the bell ringers’ pageant during the carnival. The event is a Croatian tradition to drive out evil spirits over the winter monthsPhotograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterMilnthorpe, UK
A competitor carries her bike during the Senior Women’s race at the British Cyclocross championshipsPhotograph: Phil Noble/Reuters
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterPokhara, Nepal
Rescue teams work to retrieve bodies at the crash site of an aircraft carrying 72 peoplePhotograph: Reuters
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterSantiago, Chile
A dancer performs during Frontera Music Festival in MetropolitanaPhotograph: Matías Basualdo/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterKuta, Indonesia
Balinese women clean a statue during preparations for the lunar new year at a temple in BaliPhotograph: Made Nagi/EPA
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterPine Level, US
Autauga County was hard hit by powerful tornadoes that caused widespread devastation and multiple deaths in AlabamaPhotograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterTel Aviv, Israel
Israelis hold the Israeli flag and light their phones as they protest against the new far-right government. For a second weekend, protesters rallied against the wide-ranging and controversial changes in Israel’s legal system that would boost the power of elected officials and reduce the power of the Israeli high court of justicePhotograph: Amir Levy/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterAtlanta, US
President Joe Biden exits Air Force One as he arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport en route to Ebenezer Baptist Church for service honoring Martin Luther King Jr.Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterErkelenz, Germany
The Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg looks on during an interview before a demonstration in which she will take partPhotograph: Michael Probst/AP
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A protester is arrested by police during the confrontation around the Lützerath village during the ongoing protests against coal expansionPhotograph: Ying Tang/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterYokohama, Japan
People walk underneath lanterns in the Chinatown section ahead of the Chinese new year of the rabbitPhotograph: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterDhaka, Bangladesh
Muslim devotees travel on overcrowded trains after attending the Akheri Munajat or final prayers, at the Biswa Ijtema in Tongi. Locals tackle the journey climbing on, clinging to and clambering along the roofs of trains. With no seats available, many commuters decide to take the risk and choose a rooftop view for their journey out of Dhaka cityPhotograph: Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterDnipro, Ukraine
Emergency personnel evacuate a woman after an apartment block was heavily damaged by a Russian missile strikePhotograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterBayingolin, China
Fishermen during winter fishing season in Bosten Lake in Mongol autonomous prefecturePhotograph: VCG/Getty Images
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Grey seal pups on the beach in Norfolk as the pupping season draws to a close at one the UK’s most important sites for the mammals. Nearly 4,000 pups have been born at the site this season, up from fewer than 100 births about 20 years agoPhotograph: Joe Giddens/PA
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterShirakawa-go, Japan
“Gassho-Zukuri” houses lit up in the snow-covered central Gifu prefecturePhotograph: JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterDonetsk, Ukraine
A Ukrainian soldier warms himself with a candle in a house at his position on the Donbass frontlinePhotograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterMadrid, Spain
Activists protest against the fur and leather industryPhotograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterXiamen, China
Aerial view of buildings surrounded by advection fog in Fujian ProvincePhotograph: VCG/Getty Images
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